Mary G. Anderson, With Dogwood

© Estate of Paul Lewis Anderson

Mary G. Anderson, With Dogwood

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Mary G. Anderson, With Dogwood,

ca. 1910

Paul Lewis Anderson, American, 1880–1956
x1976-304
Pictorialism was a movement that emphasized photography’s beauty rather than its documentary nature. Anderson joined many photographers in this movement in an attempt to make finely crafted black-and-white images as well as color experiments. Mary G. Anderson, with Dogwood was made with the autochrome process, the first commercially successful mode of creating color images, which debuted in 1907. Colored filters made of red, green, and blue dyed potato starch allowed the image to be recorded, after a lengthy exposure, in dreamlike colors that mesh well with Anderson’s pursuit of aesthetic beauty.

Information

Title
Mary G. Anderson, With Dogwood
Dates

ca. 1910

Maker
Paul Lewis Anderson
Medium
Autochrome color transparency, glass
Dimensions
21.5 x 16.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Raymond C. Collins
Object Number
x1976-304
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Subject
flowers (plants)

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